EP2077759A4 - 3d quantitative ultrasonic method for bone inspection and device for its implementation - Google Patents

3d quantitative ultrasonic method for bone inspection and device for its implementation

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EP2077759A4
EP2077759A4 EP07827257.2A EP07827257A EP2077759A4 EP 2077759 A4 EP2077759 A4 EP 2077759A4 EP 07827257 A EP07827257 A EP 07827257A EP 2077759 A4 EP2077759 A4 EP 2077759A4
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ultrasonic method
quantitative ultrasonic
bone inspection
bone
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EP2077759A2 (en
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Alla Gourevitch
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MINDELES GESEL
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    • A61B8/4477—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device using several separate ultrasound transducers or probes
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    • A61B8/52—Devices using data or image processing specially adapted for diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/5215—Devices using data or image processing specially adapted for diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves involving processing of medical diagnostic data
    • A61B8/5223—Devices using data or image processing specially adapted for diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves involving processing of medical diagnostic data for extracting a diagnostic or physiological parameter from medical diagnostic data
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G16—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
    • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
    • G16H50/00—ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics
    • G16H50/30—ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
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    • A61B8/4483—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device characterised by features of the ultrasound transducer
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    • A61B8/4494—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device characterised by features of the ultrasound transducer characterised by the arrangement of the transducer elements
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    • A61B8/485—Diagnostic techniques involving measuring strain or elastic properties
EP07827257.2A 2006-10-24 2007-10-24 3d quantitative ultrasonic device for bone inspection and its implementation Not-in-force EP2077759B1 (en)

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US85375906P 2006-10-24 2006-10-24
PCT/IL2007/001283 WO2008050333A2 (en) 2006-10-24 2007-10-24 3d quantitative ultrasonic method for bone inspection and device for its implementation

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EP2077759A4 true EP2077759A4 (en) 2014-10-29
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